Green Building

Making Sense of CalGreen

March 01, 2010

Dubbed “CALGreen” the 2010 California Green Building Standards Code1 was approved by the CA Building Standards Commission (the “Standards Commission”) in January of 2010, with certain requirements for mandatory green building measures taking effect on January 1, 2011. If you feel confused by the matrix of mandatory and voluntary measures provided for in the code, you are not alone. To fully understand CALGreen, a brief recap of the first version of the code, the 2008 CA Green Building Standards Code (the “2008 Green Building Code”) and an overview of its intended purpose is helpful.